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Help Extreme lag issues after factory reset

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I was using the droid razr with ics with no issues up until last week. I want to give the phone to my girlfriend so I did a factory reset and logged in with her google account, etc. We installed just a few apps and it became VERY laggy. Every swipe of the screen lags, every menu lags, etc.

I tried to do another factory reset the standard way (settings/privacy/factory reset) but it doesn't work. When I select 'reset phone' and then 'erase everything' it does doesn't do anything. So I did a factory reset by logging into the startup menu (holding down both volume buttons then the power button) and that worked. Although I was able to reset the phone again, it is still very laggy. Something is clearly not right. Also, I still cannot reset it the standard way. I've decided to sell it now but I can't sell it working like this.

I bought it from Verizon last December. Is it covered under warranty? I have a feeling the Verizon rep on the phone won't replace it for software issue.

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

If this thing were a computer, I would just reinstall the OS.

Edited to add: Also, ever since the factory reset, this thing just reboots every half hour or so by itself. Weird behavior.
 
You might want to try:

Turn phone off.

While off, press and hold both volume keys and power on phone.

Press volume key down to highlight recovery and then press volume key up to boot into recovery. Then you will see android icon with triangle.

Press both volume keys.

Choose clear cache partition using down volume and press power button to clear cache.

Highlight reboot / restart and press power and your phone will reboot.
 
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